When I was younger, and all I had to do
Was hold your hand and drink you in and make some time for you
I went stumbling through the darkness of a thousand half-lit bars
I don't know what I was running from but I must have run too far
Now I'm reaching back for something
But I'm coming up with nothing
And it's a long long way from where I was to where I am
God have mercy on a runaway man
God have mercy on a runaway man
The key under your doormath, the porch light you left lit
The years dragged on and burned away just like a cigarette
And the price of all those nights was never worth the morning's cost
No, no amount of wishing's gonna bring back what I lost
And now I'm reaching back for something
But I'm coming up with nothing
And it's a long long way from where I was to where I am
God have mercy on a runaway man
God have mercy on a runaway man
And it's a long long way from where I was to where I am
God have mercy on a runaway man
God have mercy on a runaway man
God have mercy on a runaway man
God have mercy on a runaway man
